Bedstead attachment.



No. 677,672. Patented July 2, l90l.

E. A. LIBBY.

.BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed F881 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

' UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patentllo'. 677,672, dated. July 2, 1901. Application filed February 6, 1901. Serial No. 46,239. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, EDWIN ALONZO LIBBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and nsefullmprovements in Bedstead Attachments, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to bedstead attachments of the character set forth in my Patent No. 645,421, dated March 13, 1900.

The object of the invention is to improve upon the patented construction in several particulars, as will be hereinafter described.

These improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved attachments applied to a bedstead when the patient is to receive an enema. Fig. 2 is a similar view arranged as when abdominal operationsare to be performed. Fig. 2* isa detail perspective of the leg-forms. Fig. 3 is a plan of thesaddle. Fig. 4 is asection on line 44, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail to illustrate the connection between the vessel and saddle. Fig. 6 shows a sectional extension adapted to be secured to and extend alongside of the bedstead. Fig. 7 shows the interchangeable seat with a modified form of standard. Fig. Sis a detail of said standard, and Fig. 9 is a detail of the device for securing the shield imposition.

A designates the saddle, of substantially triangular form and provided in its outer narrower portion with a depression a, in the bottom of which is the outlet-opening a, provided with a depending annular collar a at the under side of the saddle. At opposite sides of this collar and opening are provided hooks a for engagement with corresponding ears or lugs 19 b on the upper portion of the vessel B, so that the vessel is removably connected to the saddle by a separable joint. This construction obviates the use of the shelf and supporting-bracket shown in my patent.

C designates a curved removable shield having pins 0 on its lower edge to enter corresponding apertures near the outer edge of the saddle and also provided with depending brackets c, which engage the outer edge of the saddle, and so steadythe shield.

The inner edge of the saddle rests on the bedclothing, and the lower side is provided with a rib A instead of the braces a of my patent before referred to. The rib A serves the same purpose, but adds strength.

D D designate two springs secured at their opposite ends to the under side of the saddle, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, and connected at their adjacent ends to a grapple-hook d, which engages the lower edge of the bedrail, as shown in Fig. 4, and holds the saddle in place.

'E is a telescopic standard, the upper end of the upper member e of which .is connected to the outer end of the saddle A by means of a ball-and-socket joint e, and the member e slides in the lower member 6 and is pressed outwardly by a spring 6 The two members are fastened together when properly adjusted by the screws 6 (See Figs. 1 and 7.) Thus the standard of the patent is materially simplified.

F represents the two leg-forms, of open trough-like contour and in sections, articu= lated at the knee portions, as shown atf. The

foot portions of the two leg-forms are supported by telescopic standards F, which are similar in construction to the standard E, and hence need no further description. The opposite ends of the leg-forms are connected by an adjusting-rod F which is provided with attaching-hooks f to engage the bed-rail and hold the leg-forms in place. The hooks are carrred by the springs f. These leg-forms are of course at opposite sides of the saddle, as will appear from Fig. 2, where the dotted lines show the position to which the said legforms may be adjusted when in use.

G is the telescopic syringe-carrying standard, as'shown in said patent, and g is the socket therefor in the saddle. If desired, the seat A (shown in Fig. '7 of my patent) may also be used in connection with the present improvements, butrhas the hooks a for attachment of vessel B and is also provided with the springs D D and their hook at. The lower side of the seat A is provided near its rear or inner edge with pins a a which embrace the upper edge of the bed-rail. The outer portion of the seat is provided with a U shaped supporting-standard E hinged at its bend to the under side of the seat and provided on both members with telescopic sections 6 springs 2 and set-screws a. This form of standard may be applied to the saddle A, if desired, and it may be folded up under the seat or saddle when not in use. The seat A is provided with a removable back A, as in my said patent.

H is the sectional extension, of the same length as'the bed-rail and formed of three hinged sections of light steel framing and wire, the middle one of which is formed with an outlet h, like that in the saddle and for the same purpose, and the vessel 13 will be secured at said outlet in the same manner as in Fig. 3. Y Instead of occupying the position necessary in using the saddle A the patient may lie upon the extension H while receiving an enema, the.

The extension attachment II is provided with su pporting-standards E,like the one used with saddle A, and also with one of the double standards E In abdominal operations the patient will be placed on the saddle or support, with his legs in the leg-rests, and the operation proceeded with. After this the vessel B will be turned to disengage its logs from the hooks or slots of the saddle and removed for emptying and cleansing. In giving enemas the legrests will not be employed and the patient will lie sidewise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is-

1. An invalid-bed attachment, comprising a saddle or support, adapted for connection with the side of a bed, and provided with a depression, an outlet-opening in said depression, a removable vessel connected with the under side of the saddle, and a removable shield on the upper side of the vessel in front of said opening; substantially as described.

2. An invalid-bed attachment, comprising a saddle or support provided with two springs,

I a grapple-hook connecting said springs, and

aware adapted to. engage the lower edge of a bed rail, a rib on the under side of the saddle to engage the bed-rail at its upperlside, and an adjustable telescopic standard supporting the outer end of the saddle and containing a spring forcing its members apart; substantially as described.

3. The combination with the saddle and its attaching and supporting devices, said sad dle having an outer depressed portion provided with an outlet-opening, of a shield provided with pins to enter apertures near the outer edge of the saddle, and also having depending brackets to engage the'outer edge of the saddle and steady the shield; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a saddle or support for the patient, and means for supporting the same at the side of a bed, of leg-forms having means for supporting their inner ends, and provided with means for sustaining their outer ends from the door; substantially as described.

5. In an invalid-bed attachment, the leg forms, adjustably connected at their inner ends, and provided at their outer ends with vertically adjustable standards 3' substantially as described.

6. In an invalid-bed attachment, the legforms, articulated at the knees, adjustably connected by a rod at their inner ends and provided at their outer ends with verticallyadjustable standards; substantially as .described.

7. In an invalid-bed attachment, the legforms articulated at the knees, a rod adj ust- 

